Exciting news and a surprise for you!

  

My first devotional book was recently published and I'm thrilled about sharing this "prayer come true" with you. It came out of a storm I've walked through the last four years and having it printed feels a bit like having my first baby.

Here's an excerpt from the introduction...

Your first drop may have been a diagnosis given by a doctor with a grim face. Perhaps it was a note left on the kitchen table that said, “I’m sorry but I don’t love you anymore.” It could have been a phone call late at night and someone on the other end telling you the unthinkable.

Or your first drop may have come so softly you didn’t even recognize it. You tried to start a family and after another negative pregnancy test realized something might be wrong. You took a promising job and one day discovered that your computer screen might as well be a “dead end” sign. You began a relationship only to discover that your dream come true has started feeling a bit like a nightmare.

No matter how your first drop fell, it was probably followed by another…and another…and another. Now your heart is soaking wet and you’re wondering if you’ll ever feel warm and dry again.

The good news is God knows even more about rain than those scientists. He knows the destruction it can bring. He also knows how to redeem it and use it to bring beauty and hope to our lives.

Take a quick look out your window. Every flower or tree you see owes its life to rain. Every bird singing, every frog hopping, every living thing draws its strength from storms.

I’m not saying God caused the storm in your life. We live in a broken world and things are not as they should be. But I do believe that God is the Redeemer of the Rain. He longs to bring beauty out of brokenness, healing out of hurts, and new life out of losses.

I know this is true because I’ve experienced it personally…

To download the rest of the introduction, table of contents, and the first devotional, click here: Download Rain on Me Excerpt

Dayspring is graciously featuring Rain on Me on their site along with a set of cards and two exclusive necklaces. Here's the surprise...The book is already 10% off and if you enter holley20 (my special code for friends and family) when you check out you'll receive an extra 20% off everything you purchase (no expiration)! I'd love for you to share your discount with friends and family too.

I appreciate you and I'm so grateful for your support. May God redeem the rain in all of our lives...

Comments

[Ann Voskamp @ Holy Experience]

Can I jump up and down with you! Splash in some puddles! Sing glory to Father!

And in all the puddles, we see the reflection of His face. He walks through with us.

So glad He's brought you this way... with a message of Hope for the storm weary.

Every blessing and happy delight in your co-laboring with Father!
All's grace,
Ann

[Marsha]

Dear Holley,

Thank you for opening up your own personal walk through the storms in your own life. Just glancing over the book and reading over several entries, it is easy to realize readers are in for a life changing experience. I am very thrilled to start my 40-day journey TODAY (Ash Wednesday) through this incredibly encouraging and inspiring devotional book. The timing of this book couldn't be any more perfect to coordinate with lent. As the Holy Spirit leads, I hope to share the experiences from my journey and I hope other's will share as well.

Thank you Holley and may the Lord bless you!

[Holley]

Thank you to all of you who have left a comment here or written to me through e-mail, facebook, and twitter. Your encouragement makes me feel so humbled and grateful. I appreciate you and thank God for you more often than you know!

[Sarah P]

I am so excited for you. Thank you for sharing your story and struggles and successes with us. God IS an awesome God and I love to see His hand working in ways we could never imagine, providing incredible answers to life's mysteries beyond our hopes and dreams. I look forward to reading it.

In Christ Alone,

[Ann Kroeker]

So fun to share in this joy of your published book--speaking such words of comfort and encouragement to a wet, soggy, mucky world.

Thanks for dropping by my blog--I'm so pleased to meet you and get to know your writer's heart!

[Mary @ Giving Up on Perfect]

Holley, I just ordered it! Thank you for the discount. I didn't even need to read the rest of the intro. You had me at, "You took a promising job and one day discovered that your computer screen might as well be a “dead end” sign."

I'm reading through Exodus during Lent, but I will start on your book after Easter. Looking forward to it...!

[Kay G]

Your book sounds great Holly and I agree with you on this one. Encouragement is my passion, because I know it makes a difference for me! I believe if we could learn to say encouraging words to each other, we could change the world one person at a time.
How to encourage

[Tasha]

Thank you so much for writing about your infertility. We have been trying for almost 9 years now to have a baby. I totally understand what you mean about war, I hope that one day I can have that peace. For now we are still fighting.

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[allison]

I hope to be able to purchase this, congrats on your accomplishment, I hope to read it soon.

[Bonnie Gray]

Belated congrats on your "baby" earlier this year. The birthing process must've been somethin'!

I can't wait to get my nose between the pages of your book.

If your publishers happens to have review copies for bloggers who do book reviews, I'd love to know who to contact. If not, I'll mosey on over to the site and purchase one myself.

[Peggy]

Yes, me too...I am along with Bonnie. I have done this with Joanne Heim's book, Replacing God.

[Pam]

Holley - I have just discovered you and have wept over some of your entries. You write in a beautifully authentic way, "I was not popular in high school...and I wanted to be"...

Thank you for sharing your insides with us. You have already enriched my life.

Pam

[Dita]

I found this little book just in time. I definitely needed some light in my life. The darkness of fatigue and loss have crowded out the joy. Thank you for this beautiful light. :)